1620s in architecture

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Overview of the events of the 1620s in architecture

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## Buildings and structures

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See also: Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1620

### Buildings

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Tomb of I'timād-ud-Daulah, Agra The Luxembourg Palace, Paris Salzburg Cathedral in Austria Colegio de San Juan de Letran, Manila, Philippines

* 1619 – Børsen in Copenhagen, Denmark designed by Lorentz and Hans van Steenwinckel the Younger, is begun (completed 1640)
* 1620
* Work on Santa Maria delle Grazie Tower in Xgħajra, Malta begins.
* Reconstruction of Frederiksborg Palace, Denmark, is completed by Hans van Steenwinckel the Younger following the death of his brother Lorentz.
* Skaill House on Orkney is built.
* 1620 – Colegio de San Juan de Letran in Manila, Philippines.
* 1616–1621 – Church of St-Gervais-et-St-Protais, Paris, designed by Salomon de Brosse, is built.
* 1621 – Prince's Lodging at Newmarket, Suffolk, England, designed by Inigo Jones, completed.
* 1622–1628 – The Tomb of I'timād-ud-Daulah in Agra, India, is built.
* 1622 – The Banqueting House, Whitehall, London, is opened with a performance of Ben Jonson's The Masque of Augurs designed by the building's architect, Inigo Jones.[1]
* 1623 – New Temple de Charenton-le-Pont [fr], France, designed by Salomon de Brosse and Jean Thiriot, is built.
* 1624
* St John's College Old Library, Cambridge, building is completed.
* The Palace of Versailles is first built by order of King Louis XIII of France, as a hunting lodge.[2]
* 1624–1626 – Façade of Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome, designed by Giovanni Battista Soria, is built.
* 1623–1627 – Queen's Chapel at St James's Palace in London, designed by Inigo Jones, is built.
* 1615–1625 – Luxembourg Palace, Paris, designed by Salomon de Brosse, is built.
* c. 1625/26 – Coymans house, Keizersgracht, Amsterdam, designed by Jacob van Campen.
* 1626 – Rebuilding of Beopjusa Palsangjeon in Korea is completed.
* 1627
* Palazzo Barberini in Rome begun by Carlo Maderno and Francesco Borromini (completed 1633).
* Muchalls Castle in Scotland, reconstruction completed by Thomas Burnett of Leys.
* 1628
* Salzburg Cathedral in Austria, designed by Santino Solari (after Vincenzo Scamozzi), consecrated.
* George Heriot's Hospital in Edinburgh, Scotland.
* 1629 – Simtokha Dzong (castle-monastery) in Bhutan.

## Births

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* 1620: November 2 (bapt.) – Roger Pratt, English gentleman architect (died 1684)
* 1621: October 2 (bapt.) – Hugh May, English architect (died 1684)

## Deaths

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* 1620 – Bontadino de Bontadini, Bolognese-born hydraulic engineer, architect, mathematician and woodcarver, murdered
* 1626: December 9 – Salomon de Brosse, French architect (born 1571)
* 1627: July 17 – Lieven de Key, Dutch architect (born 1560)
* 1629: January 30 – Carlo Maderno, Ticinese-born architect (born 1556)

## References

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1. ^ "Banqueting House". London Guide. Rough Guides. Retrieved 2012-08-27.[permanent dead link‍]
2. ^ Peter Williams (1977). The Construction of Versailles (1661-1715). University Microfilms. p. 1.

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